by Tamra Artelia Martin
Man of Steel is coming out this week, and I really hope it doesn't suck. Yes, the trailers have been amazing. But I've learned to not fully trust them. Sometimes they give away everything that's good about a movie in the entire 3-5 minutes.
Still, that's not the reason I don't want it to be bad. It's because I'm a Henry Cavill admirer (I'd say fan, but that gives me scary pictures of screaming teenagers with "Will you marry me?" signs. So admirer it is). It'd be kind of bad if the first British actor to play Superman made people cringe at the though of the finished movie.
Most of all I want him to succeed because we finally need a Superman worthy of filling Christopher Reeve's blue and red spandex, who was the best version. Although I loved Dean Cain in Lois and Clark and Tom Welling in Smallville, their versions were created for television, not blockbusters.
I adored Henry Cavill long before he donned the famous red cape. As a historical fiction fan, I first noticed him in The Tudors. I have been trying to figure out exactly what I liked about his acting. I still can't pinpoint it. Maybe because he played cute and mischievous, and we're supposed to be attracted to bad boys, right?
Maybe it was his range as Henry VIII's friend, Charles Brandon. I felt he acted better than Jonathan Rhys Myers, who played Henry VIII. Honestly, the guy is eye candy, and accents are definitely creamy icing on a very rich-and-bad-for-you cake that you eat anyway because its good (I'm 100 percent sure Sherard agrees with me here).
After seeing Immortals, which did disappoint me a little due to the story line since I'm such a mythology fanatic, it solidified that I want to see more Cavill. I mean, he was close to playing Edward in Twilight. I have a feeling that more adult women would have surpassed teenyboppers in sales if he'd been the lead. It kind of makes me cry a little inside for the lost potential.
Oh, well. I hear they're planning a Magic Mike 2. I may have a suggestion for a new lead. Channing Tatum will be busy with fatherhood after all. Even if Henry Cavill can't dance, I'd go see it. A few times.
Bye Chai,
Tamra
